Article
Genetic differences in susceptibility of chicken lines to infection with infectious bursal disease virus.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 1993
Bumstead N, Reece R L, Cook J K
Abstract excerpt
Mortality rates in 11 inbred and partially inbred chicken lines inoculated with a very virulent strain (CS89) of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) varied considerably, being highest (almost 80%) in a Brown Leghorn line (BrL). Bursa of Fabricius to body weight ratios were depressed in the sur...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Atrophy
- Bursa of Fabricius
- Chickens
- Crosses, Genetic
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Infectious bursal disease virus
- Male
